Impress Cake Boss with your creation, win tickets to show

Submit a photo of your homemade cake or cupcake to me, sbarnes@timesunion.com, and a brief description of your creation as well as why it should win. A panel of baking experts and I will review the entries and select three finalists that will be forwarded to Valastro. He will select the grand-prize winner.

The top winner will receive a pair of tickets to the show and have the opportunity to meet Valastro; the two runners-up will gets show tickets.

Entries will be accepted from today through 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9. The winner and runners-up will be announced a week later.